Apex Magazine is an online short fiction zine of fantastical literature. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial by Jason Sizemore

ORIGINAL FICTION
Root Rot by Fargo Tbakhi
Your Own Undoing by P H Lee
Love, That Hungry Thing by Cassandra Khaw
Mr. Death by Alix E. Harrow
The Niddah by Elana Gomel
Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

HOLIDAY HORRORS FLASH FICTION WINNER
All I Want for Christmas by Charles Payseur

CLASSIC FICTION
The Ace of Knives by Tonya Liburd
Roots on Ya by LH Moore

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Fargo Tbakhi by Andrea Johnson
Interview with Author P H Lee by Andrea Johnson
Interview with Cover Artist Vicki Be Wicked by Russell Dickerson

NONFICTION
Story-less: A Forethought by Usman T. Malik
Trapped in Stories by Malka Older
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise